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Thai Airways' regional subsidiary to operate A320s
Thai Airways International's new regional carrier will operate up to 11 Airbus A320s on its domestic and short-haul services.
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Boeing completes 747-8F certification flight testing
Boeing has completed certification flight testing of its 747-8 freighter, capping a flight test programme that has brought considerable challenges, but also...
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FAA workers, projects and trust fund remain in limbo
Thousands of US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees remained on furlough and billions of dollars in infrastructure projects stayed stalled as...
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AAPA urges EU to rethink emissions trading scheme
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines says the European Union (EU) has "over-reached its authority and must now fundamentally rethink" its plans to implement...
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Fujairah airline targets early 2012 launch
Details of a new Arabian feeder airline are due to be announced imminently - possibly later this week - as it targets a start to operations early in 2012....
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AirTran to end service to four cities
AirTran Airways, now a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, plans to cease operations at four airports in the first quarter next year. The last day of...
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Safi seeks to work round EU Afghan ban
Several solutions to the European Union's blanket ban on Afghan carriers are being investigated by Afghan airline Safi Airways in order to resume its suspended...
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Fraud probe at collapsed Russian carrier
Russia's federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia has released details surrounding the bankruptcy of operator Continent Air Company, which it grounded...
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Tiger Airways Australia hearing adjourned to 3 August
Tiger Airways Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) have jointly applied to the Federal Court of Australia to adjourn a hearing,...
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Star Alliance, Air India agree to suspend integration
The Star Alliance network and Air India have decided to suspend the carrier's integration with the global airline alliance as India has not met the minimum...
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First flight of Air India's 787 cut short by failed sensor
Air India's first 787 made its maiden flight 31 July, though the sortie was cut short by a declared emergency traced to a failed sensor. Operating...
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No fatalities as Caribbean Boeing 737-800 crashes in Guyana
Investigations are underway after a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash landed at Guyana's Cheddi Jagan airport at 1.32am local time on 30 July.
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TAP Portugal set to defect to A350-900
TAP Portugal is poised to defect to the larger Airbus A350-900, becoming the latest in a series of customers to shift away from the shrunk -800 variant. Airbus...
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KAL places firm order for 10 Bombardier CS300s
Bombardier has landed its first firm order for its CSeries aircraft in Asia, with Korean Air converting a letter of intent into an order for ten CS300 aircraft,...
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Safran aims for greater robustness in A320neo gear
Newly-combined undercarriage specialist Messier-Bugatti-Dowty intends to improve the robustness of the Airbus A320neo's landing gear having been selected to supply the assemblies for the twinjet family.
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Ryanair launches complaint over alleged BAA overcharging
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has demanded that BAA revise its current price cap at Stansted in the light of what the carrier believes were monopoly...
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FAA 1973 rule prompts GEnx design change
The US Federal Aviation Administration is requiring General Electric to modify its GEnx-series engines by end-2012 to prevent fuel vapour leaks, in order...
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AFRAA condemns Europe's 'unfair' African blacklisting
Continent's airline association attacks the European Union's blanket prohibitions on states as unfair and anti-competitive
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Ryanair to open Stansted-Leipzig link
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to open a new route between London Stansted and Leipzig in eastern Germany from 2 November. The Boeing 737-800 service...
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Carbon tax threatens Australia's struggling aerial work operators
The Australian Aviation Associations Forum (AAAF) has warned that the country's new carbon tax will severely affect Australia's struggling general and regional aviation sectors and hit operators that provide critical services such as medical, airmail and freight, crop spraying, fire-fighting, and search and rescue.